Girls' name · since 1974
Jacilyn
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 386 babies named Jacilyn, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 386
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacilyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 386 recorded since 1974.
Jacilyn has 386 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2021.
- #13,800 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 386 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacilyn ranks #13,800 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 386 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 386
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacilyn's 386 recorded births place it above 80.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jacilyn's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jacilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2021
- Peak year (1984)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jacilyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (150 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Jacilyn's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jacilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
150 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 150 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Jacilyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacilyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.